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The program highlights web sites from The Worlden-usSun, 15 Sep 2019 08:11:05 +0000Sun, 15 Sep 2019 08:11:05 +0000PHPReview: Podsharehttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-09-01
Podshare Podshare is an experiment in co-living that offers living space in Los Angeles for just $1,000 a month. Sat, 01 Sep 2018 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-09-01Review: SteemIthttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-08-22
SteemIt For the last several months I've been playing with a the SteemIt social media network. The network is a little bit like twitter but it includes a funding mechanism. You earn a cyber token called STEEM when people upvote your post. Conversely, of course, you reward others when you upvote their posts. The value of your upvote is determined by the amount of STEEM POWER that you have in your account. Unfortunately, the funding mechanism makes the site frustrating for new users. I like the site to the extent that I decided to write a Guide for new SteemIt Users.Wed, 22 Aug 2018 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-08-22Review: Building Equity Onlinehttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-05-20
Building Equity Online I wrote this as a 5/18/2018 post on SteemIt. I dropped a comment on a post by @lesliestarrohara about the difficulty of persuading people of the Libertarian point of view. I hinted that there was a simple one word key that could win many arguments. The key is "ownership.". To start one can point out that poverty is a state in which a person owns very little. The only way to pull people out of poverty is to create mechanisms that allow people to own things. While welfare might put food in mouths, it doesn't solve poverty. The only way to solve poverty is to create things that common people can build equity in and own. I need to emphasize that, by ownership, I mean genuine ownership where a person owns somethiSun, 20 May 2018 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-05-20Review: Should I create a Youtube Channelhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-05-01
Youtube v. Podcasters I've been considering branching into multimedia. I started by considering youtube as they have a huge install base. I am upset because Youtube raised the entry level for its partner program to a thousand subscriptions. I've been following youtube since its inception and have noticed that only a tiny fraction of people making locally focused videos get a thousand subscriptions. I created a video to ask the youtube community if I should create a channel? I created the audio with Audacity the video with Record My Desktop. The resolution is too low. You can comment on the the Youtube page. As I am upset with Youtube, I decided to create a podbean podcast. This way I can concentrate on the audio. I put up the firstTue, 01 May 2018 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-05-01Review: Texas Ghost Townshttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-01-30
Texas Ghost Town: In the video below, Josh visits a failing town in Texas. What we have seen in the United States in the last half century is a deliberate systematic destruction of our small businesses. Tue, 30 Jan 2018 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2018-01-30Site of the Week = U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2016-04-11
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing : The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing takes orders from the Federal Reserve and prints money. The video tells us how they decide how much to print each year. It is a simple formula based on the amount of currency destroyed and growth in demand: Blind and Visually Impaired People who are blind or visually impaired can get a free currency reader. Currency Production The Annual Production Report shows the total dollars printed from 1980 to 2014. I put the data in a table and display it below: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2016-04-11Site of the Week = U.S. Currency Education Program http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2016-04-04
U.S. Currency Education Program : U.S. Currency Education Program has information about the security features of new US currency. Of course, there is still a lot of old currency in circulation. Mon, 04 Apr 2016 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2016-04-04Site of the Week = Fast Casual http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2015-08-31
Fast Casual : Fast Casual is a blog about the growing fast casual sector of the restaurant industry. Fast Casual refers to restaurants that server higher quality food in a casual setting as opposed to "fast food" which serves highly processed foods. The blog organizes events for restaurateurs who are expanding this niche which appears to be improving the quality of food in the American diet. What is a Fast Casual Restaurant? from Paul Barron on Vimeo.Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2015-08-31Site of the Week = Mercy Shipshttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2015-06-08
Mercy Ships: Mercy Ships is an international charitable organization that organizes hospital ships which travel from port to port providing medical services to people with little or no access to care. The video provides an overview of this organization: Mercy Ships Overview from Mercy Ships on Vimeo.Mon, 08 Jun 2015 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2015-06-08Site of the Week = StarChase http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-12-01
StarChase : StarChase is a Pursuit Management Technology that can be used to track vehicles fleeing from the police. The system tags vehicles allowing the police to back off and track the vehicle until it safely stops. I highlighted this company as it shows an example of how technology can reduce the need for risky high speed pursuits making the streets safer. Mon, 01 Dec 2014 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-12-01Site of the Week = StartUp Cup | Global Entrepreneurship Weekhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-11-03
StartUp Cup | Global Entrepreneurship Week: Global StartUp Week is a worldwide event in which people around the globe starting businesses. The event takes place in late December. Mon, 03 Nov 2014 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-11-03Site of the Week = Dig Deephttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-10-13
Dig Deep: Dig Deep is an effort to improve global access to clean drinking water. During the epic California drought of 2014, the group conceived of a program called "The Four Liter Challenge." The challenge is to spend a day (or more) using just four liters of water, which is the average water consumption in many poorer parts of the globe. Many schools have taken up the challenge and have developed curriculum around a day's water consumption to help raise awareness of this critical resource. Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-10-13Site of the Week = Halfbike http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-03-17
Halfbike : Halfbike is cross between a scooter and bike. You can stand up and pedal this three wheeled contraption, carry it on a train and complete your commute by carrying it up the stairs and storing it in your cubical. I've always wanted to have something like this for urban transportation. The company is running a Kickstarter Campaign to bring the bike into production. The campaign ends April 14. NOTE: The Kickstarter Campaign says they are from Tucson. Their web site says they are from Amsterdam. Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2014-03-17Review: Getty Readyhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-11-19
Getty Ready: Seven score and ten years ago, Abraham Lincoln stood on the Battlefield at Gettysburg and addressed the nation with a stirring speech about the cause of liberty. The site Getty Ready encourages students to learn about the address, the Civil War and the ongoing stuggle to preserve our tradition in liberty on the 150th anniversary of the event that took place November 19, 1863. A video provides context and an analysis of the speech. The Gettysburg Address: An Analysis from Mark Sebarrotin on Vimeo.Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-11-19Site of the Week = Underwater Sculpturehttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-08-26
Underwater Sculpture: Underwater Sculpture is a project of by Jason deCaires Taylor to build underwater sculpture gardens that will gradually turn into reef. Underground Sculpture of African children - Jason deCaires Taylor from New Initiatives on Vimeo. Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-08-26Site of the Week = UConn Extension Forestry Programhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-08-12
UConn Extension Forestry Program: UConn Extension Forestry Program offers an interesting series on controlling Barberry (which is an invasive weed). Controlling Barberry Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-08-12Site of the Week = Lift America Coalition http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-07-01
Lift America Coalition : Lift America Coalition seeks to create a competitive hybrid tax system for US corporations. Mon, 01 Jul 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-07-01Site of the Week = Ride of Silencehttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-05-20
Ride of Silence: Ride of Silence is an event that commemorates cyclists who've been killed in collisions with cars. The event seeks to raise awareness of cyclists and asks that people be kind and share the road. The event takes place on the third Wednesday in May. The video shows riders engaged in the event. Ride of Silence 2012 from Zak Schwank on Vimeo.Mon, 20 May 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-05-20Site of the Week = Twitpic / CommunityColorhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-05-06
Twitpic / CommunityColor: I believe in the Local First concept. The goal of the Community Color program is to promote local web development. To build traffic for the site, I've begun to engage in photo sharing with large networks such as Tumblr and Twitpic. Rather than giving away the whole picture, I've decided to run the pictures through a simple fish eye filter that converts the images into a circle. I think the circle filter looks cool. My photo sharing page looks like a bunch of balls bouncing around. My favorite cicular photo is the show shoveling picture. It looks like a snow globe. Mon, 06 May 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-05-06Site of the Week = Bicycle Empowerment Networkhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-04-08
Bicycle Empowerment Network: The Bicycle Empowerment Network is a group of entrepreneurs in South Africa seeking to improves lives and empower people with bicycles. People in the first world gather up used bikes. Put them in shipping crates and ship them to Africa for a second life. BEN distributes the bikes. They also work with semi-skilled labor to set up bicycle repair shops. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-04-08Site of the Week = Keep America Beautifulhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-03-04
Keep America Beautiful: The Keep America Beautiful was established in the 1950s and continues its message of neighborhood beautification and anti-litter campaigns. The "Crying Indian" PSA ran from 1971 to the 1980s. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-03-04Site of the Week = Ava Astonhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-02-25
Ava Aston: Ava Aston seeks to create music with a positive message. The site includes a free songs, a biography and list of events. The button loads the artist's iTunes page. Below that is the artist's YouTube channel. You can follow the artist on twitter or pinterest. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-02-25Site of the Week = tumblr - Community Colorhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-01-28
tumblr: I started playing with Tumblr.com. Tumblr is pioneering the concept of "reblogging" with a strong emphasis on photography and video. I began "reblogging" images from the Mountain West on the tumblr blogs. I will break things out by state. The blogs are: Utah Color (which focuses exclusively on Utah), Arizona Color (which focuses on the Grand Canyon State). I will post general pictures on Community Color. Most of the images are from other photographers with a small number of my own photos mixed in for show. The one big problem with Tumblr is that, with all the reblogging of photos, it becomes difficult to sort out the photographers from the rebloggers. A smart way to approach Tumblr is to create your own private gallery (or use Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2013-01-28Site of the Week = Huge Floodshttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-12-17
Huge Floods: Huge Floods has information about the glacial flooding that took place 17,000 years ago. Site includes information on Lake Missoula and Lake Bonneville. The video below shows images of the area: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-12-17Site of the Week = Surgery Center of Oklahomahttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-11-26
Surgery Center of Oklahoma: Surgery Center of Oklahoma engages in the radical activity of listing their prices on their web site. Such an idea of publishing health information is considered radical in our modern health care system. Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-11-26Review: Small Business Saturday http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-11-24
Small Business Saturday by American Express: Since 2010, American Express has promoted the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday. AMEX is holding a one day special. If you spend $25 at a small business you get a bonus on your AMEX card. Gimmicks aside, Small Business Saturday is a great idea. Traditionally, small business was the backbone of the American economy. With the recession and new health care laws, small business is in a world of hurt. As the small businesses in America systematically fail, they bring down the other small businesses that depended on them. The timing of Small Business Saturday is also great. The event takes place between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Black Friday is all about the marketing at biSat, 24 Nov 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-11-24Site of the Week = KidSafe.mehttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-29
KidSafe.me: KidSafe.me provides tools to help parents monitor their kid's digital life. The video points out the interesting fact that phones used to be in the kitchen where the parents naturally monitored what the kids were doing. Today's social media involves cellphones and networking sites and most interaction happens with the kids in isolation. BTW, I have not used the product they are selling and have no opinion on it. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-29Site of the Week = the Green Party of the United Stateshttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-22
the Green Party of the United States: The presidential candidates for the Green Party are Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala the Green Party of the United States. Their campaign is to end corporate influence in presidential politics by having government funded races, eliminating foreclosures. Jill Stein believes that chronic disease is created by our political system. Chronic disease will be eliminated if we had universal care. Jill Stein simply wants to get rid of Wall Street, a total and complete elimination of "capitalism." We would have an infinite number of jobs and a green economy if we eliminated the financial system. If there was nothing but government, we would eliminate this thing where so people don't have resources. We would have a Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-22Site of the Week = Constitution Partyhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-15
The Bitter Presidential Election: I've been involved in this health care debate for the last 30 years. I am dismayed that Republicans nominated a candidate whose health care plan is all but identical to Obama's. PPACA (ObamaCare) is a network of state run health exchanges regulated by the Federal Government. Romney's plan is a network of health exchanges run and regulated by the state, with the Federal government providing coordinating support. Both sides of the shrill debate are pushing the same policy. So, I thought I would research some of the third party candidates. The 2012 presidential election will be one of the most widely analyzed election votes in history. A large third party vote would have a tremendous impact on the platfoMon, 15 Oct 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-15Site of the Week = Hunter-Gathererhttp://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-08
Hunter-Gatherer: Hunter-Gatherer applies anthropological studies to modern life. The group advocates the study of traditional runners. Born to run studies the running techniques of the Tarahumara of Copper Canyon who have a tradition of ultra running (200 miles a day). People who have the right shaped feet and who've learned proper barefoot can outrun those wearing shoes. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:20:00 +0000http://CommunityColor.com/kewl.html?dt=2012-10-08